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Filed Oct. 21, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR. CHARLES SOLOMON C.SOLOMON June 5, 1956 SHIRT 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Oct. 21, 1954INVENTOR.

CHARLES SOLOMON MW United States Patent SHIRT Charles Solomon,Thomasville, Ala.

Application October 21, 1954, Serial No. 464,051

1 Claim. (Cl. 2-115) This invention relates to improvements in shirt andshirt type garments and to the construction thereof.

More particularly, the present invention proposes the construction of animproved pullover type shirt with a front member having a straight freetop edge adapted to extend across the chest of the wearer with spacedbuttons on the front member adjacent the top edge adapted to fitbuttonholes in the end portions of the collar of the shirt so that thecollar end portions can be buttoned down over the free straight top edgeof the front member to close the collar of the shirt.

Still further, the present invention proposes forming the shirt with aback connected shoulder member having front edge portions adapted tounderlie the top edge of the front member with buttons on such frontedge portions and buttonholes in the front member adjacent its top edgeso that all these members and the collar end portions maybe separate forease in putting on the shirt or for hot weather comfort and removablyconnected togetherafter the shirt is on.

As a further object, the present invention proposes constructing theshirt with snap fastener elements on the front member and on the frontedge portions of the shoulder member removably to hold these memberstogether and with buttons on the front member and buttonholes in the endportions of the collar removably to hold the collar to the front memberover the top straight free edge of the front member.

Another object of the invention proposes forming the shirt with onefront edge portion of the shoulder member permanently secured to thefront member adjacent the top edge of the front member and providing aspaced row of buttons on the front member to button the collar ends toat different angles of divergence.

For furher comprehension ofv the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, and to the appended claim 'in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

On the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a front view of the upper portion of a person wearing a shirtconstructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view of the upper portion of the shirt shown inFig. 1. ,7

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing the collar open.

Fig. 4 is an, enlarged sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but illustrating a modification ofthe present invention.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 77 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 7 but showing the snap fastenerelements apart.

Fig. 9 is a view similar to Figs. 2 and 6 but illustrating a furthermodification of the invention.

Fig. 10 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 10--10 of Fig. 9.

The pullover type shirt, in accordance with the first form of theinvention illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, is designatedgenerally by the reference numeral 15.

Shirt 15 has a front member 16 and a back member 17 with a shouldermember 18 extending from the back member 17.

Front and back members 16 and 17 have side edge connected portions 19and armhole portions 20. Sleeves 21 and 22 are disposed in the armholeportions 20 and connected by stitches 23 to the front and back members16 and 17 and to the shoulder member 10. Front member 16 has a bottomedge 24 and a top straight edge 25 which is connected at its ends 26 and27 to the sleeves 21 and 22 and shoulder member 18 but which is freetherebetween.

Shoulder member 18 has spaced front edge portions 28 and 29 adapted tounderlie the top edge 25 of front member 16. Preferably, the shouldermember 18 is formed integral with back member 17 but it may be made as aseparate part and stitched to the back member. Buttons 30 and 31 aresecured to the front edge portions 28 and 29 respectively as by thread32, and the front member 16 is provided with buttonholes 33 and 34adjacent to and spaced from the top edge25 removably to receive thebuttons 30 and 31 respectively. Buttons 30 and 31 on the front edgeportions 28 and 29 of shonldermember 18 and buttonholes 33 and 34 in thefront member 16 pro vide coacting fastening means removably to connectthe members 16 and 18 together adjacent the top edge 25 of member 16.

A collar 35 is secured to the shoulder member 18 .by stitching 36.Collar 35 has two spaced end portions '37 and 38 which may be roundedtips as shown or pointed tips or other well known collar styles.Buttonholes 39 and 40 are provided in the end portions 37 and 38respectively removably to fasten the collar 35 to buttons 30 and 31 onthe front edge portions of the shoulder member 18 after front member 16has been secured to the same buttons by its buttonholes 33 and 34, as isshown in Fig. 2.

Additional spaced buttons 41 and 42 are provided on the front member 16between buttonholes 33 and 34 and aligned therewith adjacent to andspaced from the top edge 25 of the front member. Buttons 41 and 42 areidentical in size and shape to buttons 30 and 31 so that collar 35 maybe secured by its buttonholes 39 and 40 to either buttons 30 and 31 asshown in Fig. 2 or to buttons 41 and 42 as shown in Fig. 1 or to neitheras shown in Fig. 3.

Reinforcing bands 43 and 44 may be provided on the front member 16 alongthe top edge 25 and similar reinforcing bands 45 and 46 may be providedon shoulder member 18 beneath buttons 30 and 31.

To put on the shirt 15 or for hot weather comfort, all buttons may beunbuttoned as shown in Fig. 3. Once the shirt is on, however, the collarends 37 and 38 may be buttoned to buttons 30 and 31 to provide a widespaced or open collar or may be buttoned to the buttons 41 and 42 toform a more closed collar. The collar ends in each such case will extendover the free top edge 25 of front member 16 and hold it down.

The modification of the invention illustrated in Figs. 6, 7 and 8 ischaracterized by the provision of a pullover shirt 50 having front andback members 51 and 52, shoulder member 53 and sleeves 54 and 55. Thefront member 51 has a straight top edge 56 which is secured only at itsends 57 and 58 to sleeves 54 and and shoulder member 53. Shoulder member53 has front edge portions 59 and 60 adapted to underlie the top edge 56of front member 51. Snap fastener elements 62 are secured to the frontedge portions 59 and 60 of the shoulder member 53 and mating snapfastener elements 63 are secured to the front member 51 adjacent the topedge 56 thereof. Buttons 64 and 65 are secured to the front member 51and disposed on top of the snap fastener elements 63.

Additional buttons 66 and 67 are provided on the front member 51 alignedwith and disposed between buttons 64 and 65. A collar 68 is secured tothe shoulder member 53. Collar 68 has end portions 69 and 70 withbuttonholes 71 and 72 adapted to fit the buttons 64, 65, 66 and 67.

The modification of the invention illustrated in Figs. 9 and 10 ischaracterized by the provision of a pullover typeshirt 75 similar toshirt 50 described above and having similar parts given similarreference numerals but primed to distinguish the figures. Shirt 75however, has one of the front edge portions, front edge portion 59', ofits shoulder member 53' stitched to the front member 51 by stitching 76along the top edge 56 of front member 51'. No snap fastener elements areprovided therefor on this side of the shirt. The snap fasteners on theother side permit the collar to be opened wide enough to get the shirton when it is pulled over the wearers head.

' With this arrangement it is possible to open only one of the buttonsfor removing or getting the shirt on or oft the wearer.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise construction herein disclosed and the right is reserved to allchanges and modifications coming within the scope of the invention asdefined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent A pullover type shirt comprisinga front member, a

back member, said members having side edge-connected portions andarmhole portions, said front member having a straight top marginal edge,a shoulder portion integral with the back member and extending forwardlytherof, the forward edge of said shoulder portion being unattached, aportion of said forward edge being shaped to constitute a semi-circularneck opening, the remaining portions of said forward edge extendinglaterally from the front ends of the neck opening in a curved line topoints forwardly of the top marginal edge of the front member therebyproviding closable gaps communicating with the neck opening andextending as reentrant slits laterally in both directions from the neckopening, the top marginal edge of the front member loosely overlappingthe unattached front curved edge portions of the shoulder portion, afolded collar secured to the semicircular neck opening of the shoulderportion, said collar having diverging pointed ends forming an invertedV- shaped front end, and fastening members spaced along and adjacent themeeting edges of said gaps for removably securing the overlapped meetingedges for closing said gaps, the top marginal edge of the front memberbeing so positioned as to traverse approximately the apex of the collaropenings inverted V-angle when the gaps are closed, said collar havingopenings in its pointed ends adapted to receive the fastening members onthe meeting edges of the gaps for securing said pointed ends in selectedpositions along the top marginal edge of the front member.

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